“I always felt more like a girl than a boy, I don't know. Music was very important to me, movies were not important. I was not dreaming of becoming a film director.” KnowsImportantDreamFilmGirlFeltBoysBecomingDirectorsFilm Directors Author:Lukas Moodysson
“Well, I don't want to talk too much about my children, but a friend of one of my children, something really terrible happened to her. I just felt like I had to speak about growing up again, because I felt that there's no way I can talk about difficulties of life. I had to talk about possibilities.” WayWantWellsChildrenI CanSpeakFeltGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingHappenedPossibilityTerribleDifficultyMy Children Author:Lukas Moodysson
“I'm not saying that I made a film to make young people feel great, not such a simple message, but I really felt that I will not go back to do something depressing. I had to make something happy and funny, and show that there are always many ways to continue - even when you're feeling ugly, or you are forgotten by your parents.” PeopleWayFeelsMadeShowsFeelingsFilmYoungFeltParentSimpleMessagesForgottenUglyDepressing Author:Lukas Moodysson
“I think actually one of the things you learn when you get older is, things change. You get a longer perspective. I was quite depressed when I was young. I had a dark cloud hanging over me. But I always felt "this is not the end." It's always changing; it's going up, it's going down. Great things will happen.” ThinkingEndsHappensYoungFeltDarkPerspectiveCloudsGreat ThingsThings ChangeDark Clouds Author:Lukas Moodysson